DC Area Rankings

[Anonymous]

As for safety, Columbia Heights is no-go for me right now. I get alerts about shootings and stabbings there about 3x a week. Logan Circle and Shaw are only a bit better--to be fair, crime is up all over the city. Of all the neighborhoods on the list, Kalorama is the safest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As for safety, Columbia Heights is no-go for me right now. I get alerts about shootings and stabbings there about 3x a week. Logan Circle and Shaw are only a bit better--to be fair, crime is up all over the city. Of all the neighborhoods on the list, Kalorama is the safest.

Where in Upper Caucasia do you and your toddler live?

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/21/columbia-heights-shootings/

[Anonymous]

And here: Hotspots are Columbia Heights, U Street Corridor (upper Logan Circle), Shaw, Petworth, Bloomingdale. Not "Upper Caucasia", Capitol Hill or SE.
https://crimecards.dc.gov/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a little project, if you may. Please rank these areas according to best deal for safety, walkability, metro access, prestige, shopping and dinning.

Kalorama, Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Logan Circle, Shaw

I think the rankings would change for most people based on how you weight your factors, but in any case I don't see how Capitol Hill wouldn't come out #1, then maybe Kalorama, then the others in no particular order... From Capitol Hill you can walk to multiple metros, shopping/dining all over the place, and walk anywhere from H St., Navy Yard, and Union Market. It's an odd subset for comparison, though.

Capitol Hill is the only one of these neighborhoods that doesn't have a walk score that qualifies as "walker's paradise." Kalorama just barely makes the cut.

Is there anywhere in Capitol Hill where literally everything you could possibly need -- bars/restaurants, pharmacies, hardware stores, banks, post office, hair salons, grocery stores, etc. -- is within a five minute walk of your front door?

Nope. That's Logan.

Maybe this thread should be changed to best neighborhoods when you have kids. Because that's clearly the bias being shown.

Well, this is DC Urban Moms. Why shouldn't that be the bias?

[Anonymous]

capitol hill is my personal favorite. kalorama is beautiful and prestigious but somewhat lower on walkability/amenities. logan is great and maybe #1 if you are 20-35 and dont have kids. parts of capitol hill and navy yard have everything in about a 5 (or 10) minute walk.

[Anonymous]

Logan Circle
Capitol Hill
Kalorama
Shaw
Columbia Heights

[Anonymous]

For prestige only, Kalorama but overall parts of Capitol Hill and Logan Circle would rank the highest. Each area has parts more or less walkable than the others.

[Anonymous]

Where would you buy, based on ranking criterion?

[Anonymous]

Eastern Market area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where would you buy, based on ranking criterion?

Kalorama
Logan Circle
Capitol Hill
Columbia Heights
Shaw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

I live near that intersection as well -- on the Adams Morgan side -- and absolutely love it. My family walks most everywhere we want to go. I used to live in Logan, and it was fine. But this neighborhood feels much more neighborly and family friendly.

[Anonymous]

What’s the urban mom bias here? Does non-mom people doesn’t lie safety, walkability, prestige, metro access, shopping and dinning anymore?

[Anonymous]

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